October 26, 2001

Terrorist Attacks Prompt Professional Schools to Add New Training

By KATHERINE S. MANGAN

The events of September 11 changed the parameters of what students preparing to become doctors, nurses, lawyers, or engineers can expect as they enter their professions.

Professional schools have responded by incorporating topics like bioterrorism and racial profiling into existing courses, and scrambling to develop new courses and materials to deal with scenarios that two months ago seemed remote. School officials want future health-care workers to recognize a case of anthrax, and

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